• What we do:

• We provide rapid diagnosis of and interventional and medical care for vertebral fractures and their underlying causes.
• We perform, diagnose and then treat with either kyphoplasty/Spine Jack/vertebroplasty or anterior surgical correction to restore spinal alignment before healing in the wrong position AND THEN we also treat the underlying osteoporosis so the fracture is a single event, not the start of many.
• We answer the phone. Either a physician or a medical professional: MD/PA/NP/RN triages your case, 24/7.
• We also biopsy, we brace, we rehabilitate, and we restore life and good living.
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• Now there are 750,000 vertebral compression fractures a year in the US.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9240721/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25188603/
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• Untreated vertebral fragility/compression fractures result in a 37% increase in mortality.
• Between 2005 and 2008 858,978 fractures were reported. 182,946 Augmentations performed. 250,131 people died unnecessarially in that 3 year period.

Why is it imperative to have rapid and complete fracture management?

• Untreated fractures increase mortality. Kyphoplasty reduces risk of death by 37%. 37% drop in mortality with Kyphoplasty

  • Kyhoplasty decreases mortality an additional 20% compared with vertebroplasty.

• For every day of incapacitation we loose up to 5% of muscle mass.

• Untreated fracture patients predispose to spinal deformity and future fractures.

• Untreated fractures reduce lung capacity.

• Untreated fractures change carrying angle and predispose to falls

• Untreated fractures reduce independence, impair activities of daily living, reduce walking, cardiovascular health.

• In a meta-analysis of more than 2 million patients, those with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures who underwent vertebral augmentation were 22% less likely to die at up to 10 years after treatment than those who received nonsurgical treatment.

• Pain improves from 8.7 to 2.7 on average, Disability ODI improves from 63.4 to 27.1

WE ARE:

• US-ACGME Fellowship-trained, ABMS-boarded interventional physiatrists and surgeons who are leaders in international research and innovation.

• A international destination practice based in Fort Lauderdale

• A full compliment of spine/pain surgeons, interventionalists, PAs, physical therapists, and nurses who are actually dedicated to your spine and pain care.